I have learned in the past weeks several differences between what is needed for a Pc and what is needed for a Server.

1. It is a good idea to have ECC registered memory in a server.2. It is almost a must to have non green non intellipower enterprise hard drives especially for RAID.

Is there anything else that is either vital or recommended for a server vs a PC?

Scott

Post subject: Re: Anything Special Needed for A Server?

Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 3:08 pm

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Intel used to have a "Real Server" campaign that identified some of the differences between a server and a desktop PC. While obviously designed to sell Intel server (Xeon) processors and other components, the campaign was generally informative. Here are some documents and videos to check out:

I asked the question and perhaps did not make myself clear as to what Im asking.

I would like to know is there a difference as far as the types of components or characteristics of the components that you put in a server vs a PC

Just like the harddrives and memory need to be a certain type.

If you could add anything to the list above in the first post that would be great. Sort of like

1. you also need this2. you also need this3. you also need this ....

Scott

Post subject: Re: Anything Special Needed for A Server?

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:21 am

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The documents and video I linked to above will answer that, and you'll find even more information in the URServers book. If you check them out you'll see that you may want to choose a server processor, motherboard, and chassis/PSU to go with your ECC memory and Enterprise/RAID class drives. Scott.

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